University of the Philippines drops from 299 to 398 (scroll down to the bottom). Ateneo now outranks La Salle as it moves 33 steps forward, taking the 451st spot and pushing the latter to 519th. UST gets the 535th slot in the ranking.

Ahhh, bullshit! There are so many far more important things that need to be done than worry about numbers and rankings. Yes?

LTO website hacked

Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Diva that is Charice Pempengco

If "jologs" is appreciating real talent, then I'm really jologs. So Neil, I'm backing you up.

Charice Pempengco really is an outstanding singer. She more than wow'ed me with this performance, albeit I already know how awesome she is!

I was VERY disappointed when what's-his-name won over her in one of the "singing contests" in ABS-CBN a few years ago. I was rooting for Charice because IMO, singing competitions should be concentrating more on talent, not looks (or, in what's-his-name's case, pa-cute magnetism). Hey, sure, what's-his-name was cute and all that, but dang, he wasn't that good a singer. A decent performer, yes, but definitely not the one who should've won. Problem with these so-called talent search shows is that they rarely ever choose the real talents. And the problem with most Filipinos is that they rarely ever appreciate those people lacking in looks but with real talent. (Jasmine Trias and Sarah Geronimo come into mind. Sorry, but I was rooting for LaToya London and Mau Marcelo. Not that LaToya wasn't pretty; she just wasn't...Pinoy. And you know how Filipinos can be TOO proud with this "Pinoy pride" thingie. As for the case of Sarah Geronimo, yeah, she's great, but you should've heard Mau sing --- greater.)

Whatever Charice is lacking (for those saying that whoever is prettier than her), she makes up for her talent and soul.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Recruitment Strategy? Beware and Be Aware!

A few days ago, a call from some guy with a no-nonsense businesslike voice woke me up. With my just-woke-up bedroom voice, I answered his questions with uh-huhs and hmmms because I wasn’t feeling quite human that time. I was still somewhere between homo erectus and homo neanderthalensis, but I was human enough to actually understand English! Anyway, I knew that

he spoke in a hurry because he’s supposed to have meeting in a couple of minutes and he couldn’t “stay long”

he’s from some US-based multinational company (well, that’s how I remember him put it)

he seemed to be recruiting me for some job [training] that I’d be “perfect for” in their expansion program

his long speech was injected with words such as “outsourcing,” “marketing,” “business,” “leadership” and other blahs I couldn’t quite catch

he knew I had just woken up (because I said it) but still went on as if I was a full-pledged human (although he did sound quite awkward after hearing that)

Since he didn’t offer any more details than his hurriedly-said name and some bullshit, and I wasn’t really interested despite the “financial compensation” (I have such an expressive voice, you know), I promptly forgot almost everything he told me after we said our goodbyes. Besides, I was a bit suspicious on how he came across my number (should have asked, I know, I know)…my Sun Cellular number, which is, like, so 10 years ago and super obsolete already because no one ever texts me there (actually, no one texts me in my Globe number too, poor me).

Turns out I’m not the only one who has been lured into this. Apparently, a bunch of other bloggers have also been tapped and received a similar call.

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that this is a scam. I tend to agree with the term Tita Dine used: misrepresentation in jobs. But this type of recruitment is downright misleading. And in my books, legit or not, it’s very annoying and full of shit.

And how the hell did they come up with the bloggers’ numbers? Is a blogger giving them out, or worse, selling them?

Thursday, November 01, 2007

I Got Banged, and Oh-So-GOOD!

Not that, you perv!

Let me present to you…Prinsesa ng mga Bangs!

But wait! There’s more!

This is what the FireEyedBoy says is my “schoolteacher look,” with the glasses and all. Even Gibbs wasn’t able to recognize me at first, haha. Naku, ang taray ko huh, may grado yan! And that’s not like the 20-peso props I used to wear; that’s the real thing…libo yan, ‘day!

So, am I prettyful or am I uglyful? I know I said I’d shave my head, but that’s gonna have to wait till summer! In any case, you can still cast your votes.

And Kevin, yes, I know, I’m photogenic. I look only about 5% as “good” as my pictures. But it isn’t my fault the camera loves me, right?

PS: Some personal issues have been bugging the hell out of me these past few days, and they prevent me from being online most of the time. Goodbye, I’m-gonna-blog-more-frequently plan! I sure as hell won’t miss you!